- Varig Logística
Infobox Airline
airline = Varig Logística
logo_size = 200
fleet_size = 14
destinations = 16
IATA = LC
ICAO = VLO
callsign = VELOG
parent =Volo do Brasil
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founded = 2000
headquarters =São Paulo ,Brazil
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website = [http://www.variglog.com/index_ingles.asp www.variglog.com]Varig Logística (
aka VarigLog) is acargo airline , based inSão Paulo ,Brazil .History
The airline was started operations in September 2000. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of Varig and employs 1,345 staffFact|date=February 2007. VarigLog was purchased for US$48.2 million by
Volo do Brasil in December 2005. The Volo group is a consortium started byMatlin Patterson and Brazilian investors (Marco Antonio Audi, Marco Hapfel and Luiz Gallo).The negotiation was concluded in June 2006, after regulatory approval. The National Civil Aviation Agency imposed several demands to approve the purchase. In July 2006, Volo bought its one-time parentVarig andRio Sul Serviços Aéreos Regionais (a subsidiary ofVarig ).In March 2008, there are reports of asset transfers between (LC) Varig Logistica and (JW) Arrow Air as Arrow Air Cargo was also being merged into the MatlinPatterson holding company.
Services
Varig Logística operates freight services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (January 2005):
Belém ,Brasília ,Campinas , Cruzeiro do Sul,Cuiabá ,Fortaleza ,Manaus ,Porto Alegre ,Porto Velho ,Recife ,Rio Branco , Salvador,Rio de Janeiro ,Curitiba ,Belo Horizonte andSão Paulo .Fleet
The Varig Log fleet includes the following aircraft (March
2007 ): [ [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/airlinepage.php?code1=LC "CH-Aviation" online] ]*6 Boeing 757F
*3 Boeing 727-200F
*3 McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30F
*2 McDonnell Douglas MD-11FVarig Log is expected to receive some Airbus A330-200F from an order placed by parent company MatlinPatterson. [ [http://www.airbus.com/en/presscentre/pressreleases/pressreleases_items/08_01_28_matlinpatterson_a350xwb.html MatlinPatterson signs for six A330-200F] Airbus Press Centre,
28 January 2008 ]References
External links
* [http://www.variglog.com/ Varig Logística]
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